This Friday we will be making a fundraising appeal for PBUK and for the Dobrota charity as part of a broader appeal for many charities during Ramadan. If you have Sky, turn on Iqra TV (Sky channel 826) in the early evening to see the appeal and Chris Hunter, PBUK’s programmes co-ordinator, being interviewed, as […]
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Assisting Dobrota
We are pleased to share the news that we have been working alongside Dobrota, an NGO looking at ways to support women and families in Chechnya, especially those on low incomes in isolated areas. Over the coming months we should have more news appearing, but in the meantime we have added a page to our […]
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Daimohk in the press
To whet your appetite for Daimohk’s forthcoming tour (see dates, venues, prices and booking information here) we thought we would put up some links to Daimohk elsewhere on the web. First of all is Jos De Putter’s 2002 film ‘Dans Grozny Dans’. In Chechen with French subtitles. ‘Jos De Putter’s powerful documentary “Dans Grozny Dans”, […]
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Supporting Psychosocial work in Gaza
Peacebuilding UK has been invited by an NGO in Gaza to support their work through staff training in the fields of child psychological trauma counselling and rehabilitation. This co-operation will focus on psychosocial counselling of children in the field and the training of new staff/ mental health professionals in Gaza. An initial one-week seminar is […]
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Rebuilding Sharoi School
Introduction The children of the village of Sharoi have been without a school from 1999 to 2008, after the original school building was largely destroyed during bombardments in the second Chechen war from 1999-2000. Sharoi is deep in the mountains in the South of Chechnya, and access to other villages from it is limited. The […]
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Season’s Greetings!
Peacebuilding UK would like to wish everyone a happy holiday – whatever festivals you’re celebrating! Thank you so much for all your support during 2007, we look forward to 2008 with hope and optimism for all our brothers and sisters in Chechnya and the surrounding region. In peace and friendship, Staff and Trustees of Peacebuilding […]
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School re-building project
Thank you to everyone who has donated to this appeal. We have so far managed to raise 50% of the total £10,000 of the appeal, which is required to complete the rebuilding of four schools in Chechnya. A further £5,000 needs to be raised by the end of June as Peacebuilding UK’s contribution. The schools […]